Over the Road

Coffee, brekky and lunch in Emerald and Gembrook

Two relaxed local cafés, one friendly team, and an easy place to find the venue, hours, menu, takeaway ordering and table-booking details you need.

Choose your café

Open seven days

Emerald and Gembrook are open daily from 8:00am to 3:30pm.

Order ahead

Choose your café and place a takeaway order online before you arrive.

Book a table

Book a table online or give us a call. Both options available below.

Choose your location

Where will we see you?

Both have our relaxed, rustic hills style, and both sit in wonderful local communities. Choose the one that suits where you are or where you're headed in the hills.

Over the Road Emerald café

Café & Restaurant

Over the Road Emerald

Our established Emerald eatery and coffee house for proper coffee, breakfast, lunch and takeaway, with small and large spaces available for celebrations, functions and events.

Hours Daily, 8:00am–3:30pm
Address 369–371 Belgrave-Gembrook Road, Emerald VIC 3782
Over the Road Gembrook café

Café & Coffee House

Over the Road Gembrook

Great coffee, breakfast, lunch and takeaway on Main Street for locals, families and visitors, with private night bookings available by arrangement.

Hours Daily, 8:00am–3:30pm
Address 68 Main Street, Gembrook VIC 3783

Table bookings are available online for both cafés. You can also call the venue directly if you would rather speak with the team.

The Over the Road café team

Freshly made, friendly service

Easy local hospitality, seven days a week.

Over the Road is our place for barista-made coffee, chef-made breakfast and lunch, takeaway favourites and relaxed local hospitality. Stay for brunch, meet a friend, feed the family or grab something on the way through.

Proper coffee

Barista-made coffee for dine-in or takeaway.

Breakfast

From simple favourites to a proper cooked brekky.

Lunch

Generous café classics, seasonal dishes and local favourites.

Dine in or take away

Stay and enjoy the venue or order ahead for collection.

Over the Road Upper Beaconsfield returns in November 2026 for Friday & Saturday nights!

Over the Road Upper Beaconsfield at night Coming November 2026

Upper Beaconsfield nights

Relaxed local night dining is coming back.

From November 2026, Over the Road Upper Beaconsfield returns for regular Friday and Saturday night dining. The Over the Road burger and bowl menu people already know will be expanded for the night with wings, loaded fries, meat platters and generous mains.

Burgers Bowls Wings Loaded fries Meat platters Generous mains

Private functions and selected special openings sit alongside the regular night trade and are handled through our dedicated Functions & Events page.

Planning something else?

Functions at our venues and catering at yours now have their own home.

Use Over the Road for café visits, menus, ordering and venue information. For an event or catering brief, go straight to the specialist page so you get the right information and enquiry path.

We host you

Functions & Events

Explore private functions, celebrations and event options across Upper Beaconsfield, Emerald and Gembrook, with food, drinks and staffed bar options where suitable.

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We feed you

Catering Services

Order catering boxes online or plan workplace, club, community and off-site catering with the General Store and Over the Road team.

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Part of a local Hills story

Over the Road is part of the Upper Beaconsfield General Store family.

One local team serving the Hills across cafés, night dining, catering, functions, retail and essential local services.

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Order online

Which Over the Road café would you like to order from?

Choose Emerald or Gembrook and we will take you straight to that venue’s online takeaway ordering menu.